Perhaps as someone who has lived both in Belgium and the Netherlands, I can
enlighten you. The point of the commercial was to re-enact an episode of The
Simpsons (the one where Homer falls out of the back of the ambulance near the
Springfield gorge). The American footballers are there just to add some
weirdness. Most Europeans are vaguely aware of the NFL and somewhat amused that
a sport where you rarely kick the ball is called "football". So that bit is
just to make the ad more exotic. When I lived in the US, I sometimes watched
Australian "football" on ESPN. Equally weird, but the women liked it because
the players were well built and lightly clad. A true sport for a place
populated by English convicts ;-)
Cheers,
Nathan
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On Jan 25, 2013, at 10:56 PM, Andrew Fildes wrote:
> Why was it in English?
> What are American footballers doing in there?
> Is it a channel that specialises in...violent American TV drama?
> Yes, your television IS violent.
> Perhaps that's the point? :-)
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> On 26/01/2013, at 5:57 AM, Tina Manley wrote:
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>> PESO:
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>> Unusual ads from Belgium and the Netherlands:
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>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=316AzLYfAzw&list=PLSTz8jpJdr5pkXfNu3IQAOYIQjjTY0DMj
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>> Click on the sequel to see Netherlands.
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>> And we think our television is violent!!
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>> Tina
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